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California Safe Schools Protects Students & Teachers With AB 405 (Montanez)

by California Safe Schools (Non-Profit)
Summary: AB 405(Montanez) Sponsored by California Safe Schools became effective January 1, 2006, and prohibited experimental pesticides, whose health effects are unknown in schools.

Students & Teachers Are Not Lab Rats!



The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) makes available a list of pesticide products that are prohibited from use on school sites under AB 405. This list is updated every three months by DPR

Please go to the School IPM website, http://www.schoolipm.info and check the "AB 405 List of Prohibited Pesticides" for the current list.

If you have concerns or questions, please contact Tom Babb at tbabb [at] cdpr.ca.gov or 916-323-2743 or Robina Suwol, Founder & Executive Director of California Safe Schools who Sponsored AB 405 calisafe [at] earthlink.net or 818-785-5515



For more details:
California Safe Schools
Box 2756
Toluca Lake, California 91610
http://www.calisafe.org





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